Contrast on Life by Bakri Moaz

Born in 1993, Abubakr (Bakri) Moaz is a visual artist  raised and living in Khartoum, Sudan. In April 2023 when fighting broke out in Khartoum, Bakri's studio was in the middle of the crossfire. He fled first to the countryside and then to Nairobi, Kenya, having to abandon most of his artwork. Bakri graduated in 2022 in Fine Arts from the Painting Department of Sudan University of Science and Technology. His extended family lives near the east Nile, and sitting near rivers or under big trees is a source of inspiration to him.

In the context of Sudan, which has experienced dramatic economic and political upheaval, Bakri’s work discusses the relationship between the material and the spiritual.  He focuses on the human search for truth and that which is called divine.  His works can be interpreted as a raw reflection of the search for purpose and the quest of life. 

It’s his vibrant use of color and thick application of pigments, Bakri’s distinctive work is in collections on 4 continents and has been exhibited from Kenya and Zimbabwe to Dubai to Germany and Portugal. He was a finalist and award-winner in the pan-African Emerging Painting Invitational 2022.  His second solo exhibition, Behind the Wheel, was held at the Downtown Gallery, Khartoum in 2022. His work is currently in a touring European group show Disturbance in the Nile and a group show Cartwheels of Estrangement in Nairobi, Kenya.

This work is available in 40x40cm print in a limited edition of 8.